IndySportsDay: Columnist gets ejected from basketball game

Matthew Glenesk, @MattGlenesk
12:24 p.m. EDT April 2, 2014

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FILE - Indiana University basketball player DeAndre Thomas talks to the media during IU Basketball Media Day at Assembly Hall on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Oct. 11, 2007.(Photo: Heather Charles / The Star)Buy Photo

But no one expected new NBA commissioner Adam Silver to have Kravitz escorted from Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Apparently, things are a bit different in the Great White North.

Morris Dalla Costa, a columnist for the London Free Press in Ontario, was ejected from the final game of a playoff series between the London Lightning and Windsor Express on Monday.

Why?

Well, reporting about a pregame incident is apparently a no-no in Canada's National Basketball League.

And in an odd local twist, the player at the center of the controversy is former IU player and Kelvin Sampson recruit DeAndre Thomas.

You remember Thomas, right? The hefty Chicago product played in 32 games for the Hoosiers in the 2007-08 season, averaging 3.6 ppg and 1.8 rpg before his dismissal from the team following Sampson's firing.

The Windsor Star interviewed the league's commissioner Paul Riley about the incident and Dalla Costa's removal.

"The owner here (in Windsor) had told him he thinks this reporter has taken some personal shots and has gone beyond the role of a reporter and wasn't acting in the role of a reporter or journalist with some of his personal attacks on every other team except London."

Hey buddy, you're the Canadian Basketball League, you need all the press you can get. Good or bad.

And there's a Canadian Basketball League? What the heck are we doing with the Raptors then?

Walker is a four star recruit out of Georgia according to Rivals. There are over 20 major programs vying for the defensive end's commitment and when that many teams are clamoring for attention, sometimes recruiters have to elevate their game — or put together a work of art.

Perhaps Richt commissioned the piece, but wouldn't you rather live in a world where an SEC football coach moonlights as a Van Gogh impersonator?

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On This Date

Thirty-five years ago, Sports Illustrated ran this photo from the 1979 NCAA national title game of Magic Johnson dunking over Indiana State's Bob Heaton. Heaton would go on to become an Indiana state representative who Michael Pointer profiled a few weeks ago.

(Photo: Rich Clarkson)

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